Shabby Pink Scrapper

Make a Smilebox photobook

RE: Not long

update yes already. see below to go now and my boy will be home. I woke up this morning to a couple of emails from him 13 hours to go, 12 hours to go. lol.. better get off here and do some more cleaning. My lovely dogs pulled the curtain down at the back door which tipped the container of strawers down the back of the cupboard and all over the floor. curtains now in the wash (probably needed one anyway). Dogs are outside, but I have left the back door open and keep calling out to them, so hoping that they don't do another houdini on me lol.. Already done this morning - Rubbish run, Put bin out, My Beds made, dishes are almost done, roast pork is in the slow cooker, DD's clothes in baskets in her room, kitchen bench cleared just needs a wipe down, next jobs: 1. tidy lounge - DONE 2. wipe kitchen bench - DONE 3. pick up in bathroom - DONE 4. dishes out of dishwasher and put away DONE 5. tidy dinning area - DONE 6. straighten both couches - DONE 7. sort out desk in dinning room - DONE 8. Mop floor - done (need to do again later) 4 hours to go lol. just having a coffee. Cheers from Nicole

Not long

to go now and my boy will be home. I woke up this morning to a couple of emails from him 13 hours to go, 12 hours to go. lol.. better get off here and do some more cleaning. my lovely dogs pulled the curtain down at the back door which tipped the container of strawers down the back of the cupboard and all over the floor. curtains now in the wash (probably needed one anyway). Dogs are outside, but I have left the back door open and keep calling out to them, so hoping that they don't do another houdini on me lol.. Rubbish run done, Put bin out, my Beds made, dishes are almost done, roast pork is in the slow cooker, DD's clothes in baskets in her room, kitchen bench cleared just needs a wipe down, next jobs: 1. tidy lounge 2. wipe kitchen bench 3. pick up in bathroom Cheers from Nicole

The State of the Web - Summer 2008

http://0at.org/summer-2008.html and this

Emailing: purse - sorted (3), purse - mess, purse - sorted, purse - sorted (2)

my purse organisers where delivered and I have cleaned out my handbag. it looks so much better now. have taken off the little lights that where on them. might keep one in the pocket for when we are trying to put the key in the front door at night.

Mokador Coffee Machine

I received my Mokador from TVSN 2 weeks ago. The same day I also got the Mokador Coffee Order. I have already gone through over 50 of the pods, that's how much I am loving this machine. I can never go back to any other coffee.

Did you

know that you can update photos in facebook with picnic.. I just did this one from this to this

Fw: Thanks guys

I just want to thank all of you for your educational emails over the past year. Thanks to you, I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel. I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels. I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed. I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pass-time while driving alone is picking your nose. (Although cell phone usage may be taking the number one spot) Eating a Little Debbie sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed over the years. I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom. Yuck! I must send my special thanks to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing. Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason. I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time. I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program. I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish. I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers. I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day. Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an email to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes. Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains. I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas. I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans. I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer. And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life. I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS. I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me. I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise. I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army. I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore and Uzbekistan. I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe. Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt. And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00 dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg. I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies! If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician... Have a wonderful day.... Oh, by the way..... A German scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse. Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late.

a quick hello

nothing much to write so I wont write it. just a quick hello is all.

FW: My to do's and to da's (Ta-da List) - Sunday

I Don’t Have A Great Deal To Do Today "My To Do's " * Make My Bed * Swish And Swipe * Rewash Dd's Clothes That She Spread All Over Her Room * Talk To DH * Have Dinner And To Da's * Check Emails, Facebook, Blogs, Plurk, Twitter * Check Your Calendar For Tomorrow's Events * Clean Out Fridge * Dishes - Unload And Put Away, Load, * Have A Coffee * Get Dressed, Brush Hair * Feed Pets * Quick 5 Minute - Tidy Lounge Room Up

Jimmy Barnes

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Leggos ad

rofl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_iWT-A7V8

FW: Rose

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?' I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze. 'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked. She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...' 'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. 'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.' As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, '! We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven ye ars old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.' She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.' She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students att ended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE. REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give. God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you th rough it.

Fw JUNK JOURNAL - Wk 9

This weeks junk journal challenge is to use a brand name or logo! We see these every single day, in adds, on our clothing, in movies and tv... Be inspired and them into your junk journal or regular scrapping!

my day and plans for the next few days

DD is gone, and my aunties husband just fixed a couple of things for me which is good… one of which was the cord for the hot water system so hoping that that heats up soon and I can have a nice relaxing bath, its been off since monday so it may take a while to heat up, so have just been having sponge baths which im well and truly over. did a quick clean up because my auntie was coming… made some cupcakes and didn’t end up serving them so will ice those and have one later. now I have to resweep the floor because the girls where outside playing. have to sweep the scrapping room floor as well because I lifted the mat that was in there to put into the loung room and it was full of dirt.. dishes are in the dishwasher. will gather up all of the clothes in DD's room clean and dirty and rewash the lot while she isnt here. everything else is pretty much sorted downstairs. upstairs I will wait until DH comes home and we can sort through it together. will go to iga and get 3 of those mesh hampers and do the flylady declutter thing - http://flylady.net/pages/FlyShop_declutter.asp Put Away / Give Away / Throw Away the ones I found are just plain mesh and have a little pocket in the front that I cant put the name into. and they fold up too which is good. I have the next few days alone so I can potter around and if I don’t feel like doing anything I wont do it.

FW: My to do's and to da's (Ta-da List)

not a hugs list today. just waiting for my auntie to pick dd up.. From: Ta-da Lists [mailto:system@tadalists.com] Hey there- Here's a copy of the list you just requested via email. Items that have been checked off are not included. "My to do's and to da's" * quick 5 minute - tidy lounge room up * make my bed * feed pets * swish and swipe * have dinner * check emails, facebook, blogs, plurk, twitter * talk to DH * have a coffee * dishes - unload and put away, load,

FW: Menu Plan - 7th - 13th July 2008 (Ta-da List)

Ok now that’s the easiest way I have ever done a menu plan.. "Menu Plan - 7th - 13th July 2008" * Monday - Pumpkin Soup * Tuesday - Scrambled Eggs * Wednesday - Roast * Thursday - Steak * Friday - Pizza * Saturday - Lasagna * Sunday - Porcupines - Page 177 - 4 ingredients

Getting into a routine and getting organised...

Ok just how much of this do i actually do. with DD away for a week and DH not due back until Wednesday im thinking i might just see how much of this i can do.

And being that its school holidays i might try and do it while they are home as well.

Morning

REMINDER: YOUR MORNING ROUTINE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
We are going to build a Morning Routine for your Control Journal or to just post on the refrigerator. Here is what I do.

• Get up,
• make my bed,
• weigh (1st/14th of the month)
• get dressed to lace up shoes,
• fix your hair and face,
• DD breakfast, dressed, shoes, hair, homework, go to school,
• feed pets,
• While you are in the bathroom Swish and Swipe,
• Grab a load of laundry and start the washer,
• fold DD's clothes,
• Check your calendar for today's activities,
• Empty dishwasher to start your day, reload if required,
• Eat something good for you, take your medicine and vitamins, have a coffee,
• What's For Dinner, check menu plan,
• Drink your water.
• Put some Loving Movement into your day.

Noon

• check emails, facebook, blogs, plurk, twitter, pick up DD, check mail, quick 5 minute - tidy lounge room up, sweep floors

1. Did you have any lunch?
2. Have you exercised any today?
3. Go do a *5 Minute Room Rescue!
4. Have you taken a break this afternoon to just sit and be good
to yourself?
5. Empty Your Trash
6. Where is your Laundry?
7. Start Supper if you havent put it in our secret weapon, the
crockpot!
8. Check your calendar for appointments this afternoon.

By day

• Monday - write up menu plan
• Tuesday - Put rubbish bin out
• Wednesday - bring rubbish bin in, early school pick up - 2.30pm (new time)
• Thursday -
• Friday - That is clean out your purse day, date night when DH is home, Pizza Night

By date

• sweep staircase – 2nd of every month
• picked some flowers for dinning area - 2nd of every month
• clean vanity – 3rd of every month
• sort out products in vanity – 3rd of every month
• wash mat from bathroom – 3rd of every month
• clean front of fridge – 4th of every month
• wipe down appliances and benches – 4th of every month

Night -

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL BEDTIME!TO Check your Before Bed Routine -

• have dinner, talk to DH, Lay out your clothes for tomorrow, Have you taken your evening Bubble Bath, Do you know where your laundry is, Is your SINK SHINING?, Go Put out Your Hot Spots, Check your calendar for tomorrows appointments, Go to bed at a decent hour!

"Honey Do List"

• * bathroom upstairs to be plumbed up
• * buy a sink & breakfast bar for kitchen
• * clean up back yard
• * fix fences so dogs don’t get out URGENT
• * fix bulb in fire place
• * front door
• * hot water system URGENT
• * more heating
• * move door that’s in the lounge out
• * move window that’s still sitting next to stairs
• * mow the lawn.
• * plaster every room that doesn’t have it
• * plaster out of the lounge
• * power in rooms that don’t have it
• * put a wall / door up between kitchen and laundry
• * put door handles on all doors
• * put flooring in the lounge
• * put lights up that are under our bed
• * put more shelving up in the kitchen
• * put up ceiling thing in scrapping room
• * sort out bathroom / walk in robe upstairs
• * spend time with wife

FW: Scrabble

Thought this was a good one! This has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails ! (Wait till you see the last one)! PRINCESS DIANA When you rearrange the letters: END IS A CAR SPIN MONICA LEWINSKY When you rearrange the letters: NICE SILKY WOMAN DESPERATION When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE: MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER Bet your friends haven't seen this one!!! DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THIS

FW: OT - Bills

I paid foxtel last week . $66.00 I got an overdue letter today for .67c and that they are going to charge me $35.00 over due fee. I went online and put $5.00 across and phoned foxtel to let them know I paid it and give them the receipt number. the woman lost it she thought it was so funny and said "you poor thing you shouldn't have to do that" and I explained about the fee. unbelievable ..

where is everyone????

it is way too quiet out there in email land. I woke up to only 28 emails that very rarely happens. DD goes away tomorrow so have to get things ready for that, other than that not a lot to do. still not really in the mood to scrap so wont worry about doing that. im still working on today's list - "My to do's and to da's" - * quick 5 minute - tidy lounge room up * Friday; That is clean out your purse day * pick up DD * have dinner * take something out for dinner - pasta bake. * Get dressed * make my bed * check mail * sort out products in vanity * feed pets * rewash dd's clothes that she spread all over her room * talk to DH * swish and swipe

FW: My to do's and to da's (Ta-da List)

I have gone back to using http://www.tadalist.com today is day 2 and so far so good. not a great deal to do today, I did it all yesterday. "My to do's * quick 5 minute - tidy lounge room up * Friday; That is clean out your purse day * pick up DD * have dinner * Get dressed * make my bed * check mail * check emails, facebook, blogs, plurk, twitter * sort out products in vanity (that are now on bathroom floor) * feed pets * rewash dd's clothes that she spread all over her room * swish and swipe * talk to DH and to da's" * DD breakfast, dressed, shoes, hair, homework, go to school * Check your Calendar for Tomorrow's Events * take something out for dinner - pasta bake. * dishes - unload and put away, load, * have a coffee

Quote of the Day:

If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse.
--Anonymous

Pretty In Pink

This weeks shades of Inspiration is PINK

My to do's and to da's

My to do's and to da's . Top of Form tidy lounge room up Bottom of Form this is all I have left to do for today and I have started already . phew I think I need a nap. Nicole Beltane Email My Blog is updated daily

FW: Bye Mum

  -----         I was shopping at  Woolworths  and noticed a little old lady following me around. I stopped, she stopped.  Furthermore she kept staring at me. She finally overtook me at the checkout, and she turned to me and said, 'I hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease;   it's just that you look so much like my late son.' I answered, 'That's okay.' 'I know it's silly, but if you'd call out   (Good bye, Mum) as I leave the store,  it would make me feel so happy.' She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, I called out, 'Goodbye, Mum.' The little old lady waved, and smiled back at me.   Pleased that I had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, I went to pay for my groceries. 'That comes to $121.85,' said the clerk.    'How come so much? I only bought 5 items.' The clerk replied, 'Yeah, but your Mother said you'd be paying for her things too.'                                          Don't trust little Old Ladies!!! 

Junk Journal

on one of the scrapping groups i am on these have been sent through:

Its called a

JUNK JOURNAL

Got any junk?
Want to transform it into treasure?
Want to turn it into art?
Want to journal about it?
Want a snapshot of the the things that are apart of your everyday life right now?
Well this is the challenge for you!
The concept of the junk journal is to collect a mountain of 'stuff' that represents a either a facet of your life or the environment around you right now and transform it into a visual journal

First thing to do is get your book and do a cover,

week 1 :

Once you have your book covered...here is your first challenge "im only using a small book 8 1/2" x 5"..each challenge is only a single page..its your choice if you do a double layout but  its not necessary." Your first CHALLENGE is to 'INCLUDE JUNK MAIL'. This could be something that you want, something that you have bought, an image that represents this time of year, items that inspire you, a page with everyday products and their prices, anything.

week 2 :

Your week 2 challenge is to include "A docket". Any docket, just a docket, doesn't have to be anything flash, just something that represents something about you now, something you have recently brought or your weekly shopping docket

week 3:

This week your challenge is to include words cut from a magazine.

week 4:

The prompt for this weeks Junk Journal is to - Collect Something from Nature!

week 5:

Your task is to - Use some sort of 'ticket'. It can be any ticket just let your imagination run wild!

week 6:

Recycle some old clothing! Yours or somebody else's.

week 7:

This weeks prompt is to use something found in the laundry! One layout i seen done they used bleach on their paper...another one used a
piece of rubber glove as a border..you can use a sponge to dab paint on your page...

week 8:

This week your prompt is to - "Think Green" - You can interpret this anyway you like!!!

FW: My to do's and to da's (Ta-da List)

this is all I have left to do. I also cleaned the staircase, folded dd's clothes. "My to do's and to da's" * check mail * talk to DH * have dinner * tidy lounge room up (started) * pick up DD

Flickr: The Shades of Inspiration Pool

http://www.flickr.com/groups/shadesofinspiration/pool/ pretty in pinkness.

My Thursday

Well havent gone to bed yet. but have managed to Clean the kitchen benches, put two loads of dishes in the dishwasher still another one to go after that will do them when I get up. To do.. when I do get up. v DD - school run - breakfast, dressed, shoesm hair, homework, go to school v Kitchen: dishes - unload and put away, load, wipe down appliances and benches, sweep floor. take something out for dinner, prepare and cook dinner v lounge: tidy lounge room up, sweep floor, put cane chairs back out the front, v dinning: take leaf out of table. sweep floor. v my room: make bed. v bathroom / laundry / toilet: wash mat from bathroom, clean vanity, sweep floors, swish and swipe, v DD - after school run - pick up DD, check mail, talk to DH. have dinner

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family

my mum, sister, niece and grandmother came to stay on monday night these are a couple of photos I took on my mobile just before they left on tuesday.

just what i needed

a nice hot chocolate. DD is having hers with marshmallows so she is happy (thanks mama). now to get a good nights sleep..

FW: joke

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push. 'Not a chance,' says the husband, 'it is 3:00 in the morning!' He slams the door and returns to bed. 'Who was that?' asked his wife. 'Just some drunk guy asking for a push,' he answers. "Did you help him?' she asks. 'No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!' 'Well, you have a short memory,' says his wife. 'Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself, where is your Christian spirit' The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain. He calls out into the dark, 'Hello, are you still there?' 'Yes,' comes back the answer. 'Do you still need a push?' calls out the husband. 'Yes, please!' comes the reply from the dark. 'Where are you?' asks the husband. 'Over here on the swing,' replied the drunk.